Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-08-05

know where. 1t was because | had
no certificate of my marriage, that
dare not go TO my brother-my dear
] noble br0ther-who had struggled 81
hard, and made himself, unaided, al
honorable position and q name.
know that q cruel SANDER concerning
me has been carried to him tha
must almost have broken hi
heart"
| took her hands away from he
face and kissed her,
"We'll find the church. There
must be no SANDER about my dea1
brothers. wife"
And | did find it, after few days
search. Then l got John Robinson;
address-he was a lawyer, | found
and requested him to call on me.
He came, a wonderfully grave
handsome man, with something sin
gularly manly and impressive about
him. In my heart | thought:
mo wonder Eva wept at thought
Of bis displeasure. He is worth
pleasing surely"
took him to the parlor.
81 wish to reconcile you to your
sister," | said. "She is my brothers
wife"
Then | left them together. After
On hour or more, Eva came for
NE.
John wants to say goodbye be-
fore he goes"
He took MY hand in his, and look.
ed into my eyes.
You are good woman" he said,
earnestly. "May God bless you, and
make you as truly happy as you have
to-day made mel"
There was something in his mere
look and tone-strength, q truth. n
thor ough reliability--that gave me
comfort, somehow | found myself
thinking:
"If it had been my fate to love
such man as that, 1 should be
nearer happiness than 1 am to-day"
But kept my thoughts to myself
Only from that hour | was sensible
that ! regretted my lost hopes and
happiness for their own sake, far more
than | mourned for the false lover on
whom they were founded
One week later all nay property
was sold. l had paid off Tom $
deh.s; and, accompanied by his wife
and child, joined him in distant
home.
There we began life anew. / had
q small iccome still, and Tom obtain
ed lucrative position. The lesson
of the past was not lost upon him.
The sacrifice | bad made Was not in
vain. Dear Tom was 4 changed man
changed for the better. Whatever
| had lost, had been his gain.
And what had I lost? The money
| counted less than nothing ,and Har-
ry Uatton's love was not worth a re-
gret. What was it, then? [ sighed
for the trust betrayed the glamour
and Illusion gone from life so ear
y.
ooh, to be we'll and truly loved!"
| thought. And theu-my thoughts
never went back to Harry.
Another filed them. Strange i'm.
preston that man had made upon me;
seen only once, never to be forgotten
| thought of him constantly, and
heard from him, through Eva, every
now and then.
"What is your brothers. wife like,
Evaw | asked her ouce, just to try
her.
"He has none. l know what
should wish her to be Ike, though"
And her eyes dwelt On ME in q
way that made my tell-tale color
rise.
A few days afterward she came to
me laughing,
"I told John of your question, and
only hear what be says
She read aloud:
"Tell Lydia my wife (that is to be,
l hope } resides in your city | hope
to visit you before long, and introduce
her to you"
And he did. With the merry
Christmas season John came. think
that was the very happiest season Of
my life. Of course y0u guess how it
all ended. | smile now, looking back
AID remembering that | fancied once
that / loved another than John.
That was q dream, but this reality.
All my sacrifices have been we'll re-
paid. and all my loss was gain; / real
'ze that every time | hear pretty Eva
speak Of me -as | first spoke of her
as "my brothers. wife"